Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Date joined July 24, 2014 Role Cricketer | Name Niroshan Dickwella National side Sri Lanka Batting style Left-handed | |
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Full name Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella Born 23 June 1993 (age 30) ( 1993-06-23 ) Kandy, Sri Lanka Test debut (cap 127) 24 July 2014 v South Africa ODI debut 16 November 2014 v India Current team Sri Lanka national cricket team | ||
South Africa vs Sri Lanka - 4th ODI - Niroshan Dickwella 50
Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella, popularly as Niroshan Dickwella (Sinhalese: නිරෝෂන් දික්වැල්ල) (born 23 June 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all formats of the game for Sri Lanka. A left arm batsman, he also plays as a wicket-keeper of the team. Poor performances lead him out from the international team, but gain a call for the Zimbabwe Tri-Series in late 2016. Dickwella is known for hitting left hand dilscoops in many occasions at any length of his comeback as a opener. He is a former student of Trinity College, Kandy.
Contents
- South Africa vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI Niroshan Dickwella 50
- Singha kelibima with niroshan dickwella 2014 09 06
- International career
- Ban
- References
Singha kelibima with niroshan dickwella 2014 09 06
International career
He made his Test cricket debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa in July 2014. He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against India on 16 November 2014. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka against India on 9 February 2016.
Dickwella was originally included in to 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka squad, but due to poor performances in India tour and 2016 Asia Cup, he was dropped from the world cup squad.
Dickwella was called up for the South African limited over tour after fine performances in domestic tournaments. He was included to the T20I side as the opening batsman and scored quick innings in all three matches. He scored his maiden T20I fifty as a match-winning knock in the third match, which ensured the first series win against South Africa in their home soil in any format. Dickwella was adjudged both man of the match and player of the series for his match winning batting performances.
After ban, he looked forward to comeback to the squad for second ODI against Bangladesh in late March 2017. However, he was ruled out of the series due to hairline fracture in his left hand.
He scored his first ODI century on 6 July 2017 against Zimbabwe at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium. Along with Danushka Gunathilaka, they made a 229-run partnership for the first wicket, where Gunathilaka also scored his first ODI century. Sri Lanka chased 310 to win the match, which was the first 300-plus chase by Sri Lanka on home soil. In the fourth ODI against Zimbabwe, he and Danushka Gunathilaka set the record for becoming the first pair of batsmen to score two successive 200-plus partnerships in ODIs.
Ban
During the fourth ODI against South Africa, Dickwella had a verbal encounter with Kagiso Rabada and was fined, along with gaining three demerit points. However, Dickwella was later suspended for two limited over matches, after a Code of Conduct breach during the second T20I against Australia at Kardinia Park. He was fined with 30% of his match fees and was given two more demerit points.